Building record 8149/1/18 - (Building 13)

{1} At c.SP83205560 are a collection of associated buildings, some of which at least are still present.

{2} Northamptonshire Archaeology carried out archaeological recording of buildings at the Yardley Chase Cadet Training Centre. The cast iron and brick-built, single-storey buildings were built during WWII as office and accommodation buildings associated with a munitions storage depot. The munitions storage buildings were located in woodland to the east. Some of the buildings in the survey were found to be unused. The fabric of the buildings showed evidence of alterations such as blocked doorways. After 1980, the area became a training ground, latterly becoming part of the East Midlands Training Area.
The recorded buildings consist of 13 brick and cast iron built single-storey ranges surrounding a central roadway through the complex. The buildings were originally office and accommodation blocks associated with the munitions storage buildings within the woodland to the south-east. A number of the buildings had limited, or no access due to safety hazards.
The buildings were of a cast iron framework with brick infill. Two different types of roof were present: flat, concrete, present on some of the smaller buildings, and gabled with corrugated asbestos roofing supported by king posts of cast iron. All floors were concrete.
Some original doors remained, these were barred and ledged, and cast iron secure doors which still had their original fittings on. Many of the windows were original, steel Crittall, and still feature some of the original fittings.
Building 13: Detailed description, plans, elevations and photographs.

<1> Cadman G.E., 1998, Yardley Chase MOD Property: Notes on Rapid Site Inspection, (checked) (Report). SNN49598.

<2> Hewitt G.; Walker C., 2013, Archaeological Building Survey at Yardley Chase Cadet Training Centre, Denton Road, Northamptonshire March 2013, p.9 (checked) (Report). SNN108788.

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Dec 18 2014 12:49PM